Standard for boxes of manure-spreaders.



G. G. MANDT.

STANDARD FOR BOXES 0F MANURE SPREADERS. 7

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1912.

Patented Jan.7, 1913.

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witnesses:

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CQ WASHlNGTON D. c

In vento'r, Gander G. J landt, by

Attorn ey.

UNITED "STA- ins PATENT OFFICE. 1

GUNDER G. .MANDT, F.

WATVERLOO, IOWA, ASSIGNOR r0 THE WILLIAM 'oA LowAY, COMPANY, or WATERLOO, IOWA.

STANDARD on BoxEs or MANURE-SPREADERS.

Application filed. May 14, 1912. Serial No. 697,178. 7

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUNDER G. MANDT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of ,Waterloo, Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Standards for Boxes of Manure-Spreaders, of which the following is 'a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in standards for the boxes of manure spreaders, and the object of my improvement is to furnish a standard which is adapted to be 7 firmly secured and locked to the side-board of a manure spreader. This object 'I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the acompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved standard. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of said standard, and of its connec- -ti0ns to parts of a manure spreader box, .the. side-board of the latter being shown intransverse section and other parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of said standard, taken on a line a/b of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

I My improved standard is especially designed for use with the box of a manure spreader. As shown in Fig. 2, the sideboard 23 of such a box has its lower edge seated in a longitudinal angle-bar 11 whose horizontal flange is turned inward, the horizontal flange of said bar being secured to the end of a crossor bed-bar 14 by means of a rivet 16, the said bed-bar being an angle-bar whose inner angle fits over another cross-bar 15. p

The standard comprises an upright 1 having a web 17 on its outer face terminating in a thickened rib part 2. The upright and its web is widest at the bottom with its base resting upon the upper face of the bed-bar 1 1, a bolt 8 and nut 13 serving to secure its base to both said bars 14.- and 15. The

3 standard 1 is provided with horizontal boltholes 19, 5, 6 and 7, to be in registration 3 with similar bolt-holes in said side-board 23,

and which receive respectively the bolts or rivets 20 21, 22 and 9, the latter being a headless bolt secured at either end by the nuts 10 and 12, and the latter bolt also serving to secure the upper flange. of the anglebar 11 between both the standard 1 and the side-board 23. The web 17 is thickened at 18 in each instance to afford a stronger and wider body, for the bolt-holes insaid standard.

In order to more firmly lock the upright 1 to said side-board 23, I have provided on the inner face of said upright in juxtaposition to said side-board, a projection 3 having the form of a downwardly depending hook 4, which is adapted to fit over the. upper edge of the angle-bar 11 when said parts are assembled. The said hook holds the angle-plates 11 securely against displacement upwardly and with the other securing means, makes the combined structure more rigid and prevents any'working loose of any of said parts when under the heavy strains of service.

plates and cross-bar, is thus rigid against either vertical, stresses, and renders the box of a manure spreader proof against shocks which would cause injury to the machinery thereof. s

The standard when so locked to said side-board, anglehorizontal or torsional Having described my invention, what I support therefor along the longitudinal lower edge thereof, and a cross-bar to which said angle-bar is secured, of an upright'secured to said sideboard, angle-bar and cross-bar, said upright being provided with an integral hook adapted to engage said angle-bar between it and said cross-bar.

3. A standard for the box of a manure spreader, comprising an upright provided Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 26th day With a plurality of bolt-holes and With an of April, 1912. integral hook, and bolts adapted to secure said upright to the side-board of a spreader- @box, the said hook being adapted to inter- Witnesses: L look itself with the supports of said side- EUGENE BUSWELL,

board. T. F. RICE.

GUNDER Gr. MANDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

